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The American Legal System
Paul Thompson




This took place in Charlotte North Carolina. A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against, among other things, fire....
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Richard Exley




When I was a young probationary officer, my tutor constable had a prior engagement to go to so he dropped me at a road junction and told me to stop vehicles and report any offences, he would collect me in around half an hour. I stopped a van for having a defective light. The crusty old driver decided to kick off, the usual, "haven't you any real...
Read MoreFootball duties were never the same..
Ex BTP officer.




Back in the early 90's deployed on football duties at Norwood Junction Railway station with three other officers, one of whom always fancied himself as a bit of a ladies man. George (not his real name) would try to flirt with virtually any woman. We were joined by two female officers on horseback who positioned themselves either side of the...
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Les Smith




Your recent report from Maurice Tidmarsh - Tiddy as we all knew him - reminds me of a Saturday in the early `70s when all the Leicester motorcyclists were engaged in football traffic control as Leicester City were playing at home. ...
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Quirkies
Computer hacker and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has complained about IT provision in his prison.
Read MorePerformer captured in mid-air arrest praises 'kind officers giving me hot vegan food'.
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On a More Serious Note
A senior Belfast officer has been made a member of the Royal Victorian Order.
Read MoreAnti-slavery charity Justice and Care has secured several places for the RideLondon-Essex 100 and are looking for cyclists to participate and fundraise for their work.
Read MorePolice Scotland Chief Constable Sir Iain Livingstone has outlined some of the measures that will be taken in order to meet budgetary pressures.
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